METHODS

Design:

Allocation:

Blinding:

Follow-up period:

6 months.

Setting:

patients’ homes or day hospitals in Adelaide, Australia.

Patients:

229 patients (mean age 72 y, 52% women) who were medically stable, ready to be discharged from hospital, and required ⩾12
rehabilitation sessions. Patients were excluded if they lived outside of the health region or were judged by the referring
physician to be unsuitable for rehabilitation.

Intervention:

rehabilitation in a day hospital (n = 113) or at home (n = 116). Hospital rehabilitation consisted of 3-hour high-intensity
individual or group sessions, 3–5 times/week for 4–6 …